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Across the Fence:  Buried a dog that wasn't ours...  |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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 Posted - Jul 02 2012 : 7:49:58 PM
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We live on a dirt road that is basically a dead end. A river is at the end of the road. Lots of people go down there to wade in the river, etc. Someone drove up to our farm and said there was a dead dog down by the water and wanted to know if it was ours. I said it wasn't, ours were all in the house. We went down to check it out and it appeared to us that someone had obviously shot this dog (who none of the neighbors recognized) and dumped it in the weeds. Now I don't know the story (there are a LOT of dogs who run out here) but it still made me really mad.
Well, its almost 100 degrees and will be for the next week so we didn't think a dog should be laying in the weeds by the river...so my dad and another guy who lives on this road took on the job of giving him a proper burial.
Some people. I can't believe it! 
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
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Everyone else is already taken.
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2012 : 9:53:36 PM
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Thank God there are still wonderful men like your dad and the other guy. I'm happy the dog got a proper burial.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
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Posted - Jul 03 2012 : 04:58:11 AM
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So sad, that poor dog probably never had a good life.
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crafter
True Blue Farmgirl
2313 Posts
lori
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jul 03 2012 : 05:50:36 AM
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Amy,
Thank you for doing what was right! So sad that people are that mean...thank you again for being respectful to this precious animal!
Lori
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jul 03 2012 : 06:06:48 AM
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That is so sad. When I volunteered at a vet clinic as a kid, one day the vet was out on some rounds and it was just me and the vet tech in the office. A family had found a dog stumbling down a dirt road. They brought him in and he had something like 20 gunshot wounds that we could see. The poor dog. Someone had been using him as target practice and just left him there.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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rphelps4
True Blue Farmgirl
620 Posts
roxanna
westport
indiana
USA
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Posted - Jul 03 2012 : 06:10:36 AM
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
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Posted - Jul 03 2012 : 06:39:52 AM
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Thanks everyone. Like I said, I don't know what the story was. There are a LOT of dogs out here that run and harass the farm animals. So I don't know if that was what this was or what...but still, to just dump the dog by the river was cruel. Everyone/thing deserves a proper burial. :)
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 03 2012 : 06:43:38 AM
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Amy, I would have done the same thing--poor pup. I'm sure there is part of the story we don't know, but dogs simply don't understand fences and boundaries, and after all, aren't we humans responsible for them from beginning to end? Thanks for doing it--everyone deserves a proper end.
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YakLady
True Blue Farmgirl
652 Posts
Natalie
Montana
USA
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Posted - Jul 03 2012 : 09:49:44 AM
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That's terrible. When strays/dumps come up our drive, I catch them and detain them until I can find their owners. If the same dog keeps coming back, I just call the pound so the owner has to pay a fee to get them back. We don't shoot dogs. I can't understand someone shooting/dumping a dog.
~Natalie~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana. http://mtnme.blogspot.com
Starting a family and raising Tibetan Yaks, Highland cattle, Laying hens, Muscovy ducks, Silver Fox rabbits, and a few dogs. |
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BlackHorseFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
91 Posts
Elizabeth
Chicago
IL
USA
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Posted - Jul 03 2012 : 6:44:37 PM
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Breaks my heart the way some humans treat our animal kin.
Thank you for giving the poor soul a proper burial.
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Jul 03 2012 : 9:56:45 PM
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It saddens my heart that we, the intelligent species can be so cruel, heartless and careless... not only is this an act of cruelty but... it was a blatant disregard and lack of concideration of others who have to happen upon the dead dog and not to mention the ugliness of the decompossing carcass in the heat and near a water source.
Surely the 'owners' had options.. we all have options... shame on them.. and bless your hearts for doing the right thing.
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JerseyGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
181 Posts
Michele
Southern NJ
USA
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Posted - Jul 04 2012 : 04:40:55 AM
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that just makes me want to cry...that poor dog. I can;t imagine anyone being so cruel and heartless.
Bless your heart for doing something so kind. |
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laurentany
True Blue Farmgirl
3259 Posts
Laurie
Patchogue
NY
USA
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Posted - Jul 05 2012 : 7:14:26 PM
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Amy,
So sorry to hear that someone would do something like that. Wow, people just never cease to amaze me- in both good and bad ways.
How wonderful that your FIL and neighbor took care of things properly.
Sorry you had to go through this.
Hugs,
~Laurie
"Little Hen House on the Island"
Farmgirl Sister#1403
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Buried a dog that wasn't ours...
